Solo Aging Sorted: How to Build the Support Network You Want & Need
$45.00
Solo-agers don’t have a traditional support network to fall back on as they age. This course will help you build your support network intentionally, systematically, and make sure you have all your bases covered.
Solo Aging, Sorted is a four-session structured course that walks you through the essential planning solo-agers need but rarely get in one place — from understanding your unique situation, to naming the people (or professionals) who will act on your behalf, to putting the legal documents in place, to building a support network that goes far beyond any single person.
Each session comes with a substantive handout you work through on your own, at your own pace. The material is honest, practical, and direct — designed for people like you who are planning to age better and age well.
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All materials provided are solely for educational purposes and do not constitute legal or tax advice.
About mary l. flett, phd
Dr. Mary is a psychologist with 30 years of clinical experience in aging and later life. She is the creator of the Five Pillars of Aging framework and shares her knowledge and experience through these self-paced courses, in her long-running blog on aging, and as a national speaker. Now retired from private practice, she consults with non-profits and policy advocates from her home in the Bay Area. Learn more and explore the full range of topics in her Lecture Library at drmaryflett.com
Take a look at what you’ll get . . .
SESSION 1
Understanding Solo-Aging
Find out whether — and how — you qualify as a solo-ager, take honest stock of who is currently in your support network, name your most urgent gap, and get clear-eyed about both the real challenges and the real advantages of aging without a built-in support system
SESSION 2
Who Should I Ask? How Should I Ask?
Learn exactly what each key role requires — healthcare proxy, financial power of attorney, executor, emergency contact — then evaluate real candidates in your life, and get word-for-word scripts for having the conversation with confidence.
SESSION 3
Sorting the Paperwork
Work through the five essential legal documents every solo-ager needs, translate vague wishes into specific instructions your agents can actually follow, and leave with clear financial and executor instructions ready to hand to the people who will need them.
SESSION 4
After I’m gone
Wills, trusts, executors, beneficiary designations, document locations, funeral wishes — and the legacy that doesn’t go through probate. Leave your people ready, not scrambling. These are the tedious details of death. They are more than things; they are emotional triggers that may bring healing or rifts. Why take the chance, when a conversation might make acceptance of the inevitable easier.
Go beyond your legal agents to build a full five-tier support system — professional help, regular check-ins, community resources, and safety technology — so someone always notices if something is wrong.
Built Around One Central Question:
Solo-agers are often told to simply “find someone” to help — as if the right people are just waiting to be asked. In practice, building a support system without a spouse or adult children takes real, deliberate work: naming what each role requires, honestly evaluating who in your life could fill it, and being willing to ask.
That question — who will do this for me, and have I actually asked them — runs through every session of this course. Most solo-agers haven’t answered it yet. makes a day worth living?
